News from January 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is improving safety and laying the foundation for cleanup and modernization at two DOE premiere science and national security sites through a new excess contaminated facilities initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Jamarian Oliver (29, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for selling crack cocaine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on August 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice, announced that Jeremiah S. Loui pleaded guilty in federal court to a misdemeanor charge of illegally possessing and selling a bird of prey protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Loui, thirty-one years old, lives in Dover, N.H.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A San Benito man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Juan Manuel Perez, 36, pleaded guilty Nov. 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Crystal Burrows appeared in federal court this afternoon and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney to one count of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Bureau of Land Management Outdoor Recreation Planner Jared Oakleaf will be at the Lander Bake Shop February 9-11 to gather input from the public about trail planning in the Johnny Behind the Rocks (JBR) non-motorized trail area.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Dawn Peterson loves a challenge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 27-year old resident of McAllen has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Jorge Trevino-Blanco pleaded guilty Sept. 28, 2016.
By State Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: The North Korea threat is one of the most urgent security challenges facing the United States. Yet for nearly three decades, successive Republican and Democratic administrations have pursued the seemingly elusive goal of North Korean denuclearization with little to show for their efforts. The United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 54, of LaGrange, Georgia, pled guilty to one count of conspiring to unlawfully distribute a controlled substance through the operation of a “pill mill" and money laundering, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. A “pill mill" is a medical clinic created to dispense controlled substances inappropriately, unlawfully, and for non-medical reasons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Albany, Mo., farmer was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a nearly $800,000 fraud scheme to receive federal crop insurance payments to which he was not entitled.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: KIMBERLY, OREGON: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has released a revision to the Superintendent’s compendium. The Superintendent’s compendium is a compilation of designations, closures, permit requirements, and other restrictions made by the superintendent for a specific National Park Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID GIL-GRANDE, 29, of Manchester, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Three Individuals Arrested and Charged in South Dakota Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: California Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Importing Chinese Cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Garden City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm and two pipe bombs.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today announced the Democratic Ranking Members and Subcommittee membership for the House Agriculture Committee’s six Subcommittees.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of Reclamation is conducting an environmental assessment regarding the proposed transfer of title for approximately 75 miles of irrigation drains and certain federal facilities to the Pioneer Irrigation District and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the investigation of two drug overdose deaths in May 2016 has resulted in federal heroin distribution charges against NESTOR SANTANA, also known as “Beans," 29, of New London, and JAMES BUTLER, 23, of Montville.
